CEFTUS online talk "Turkey, US and what's next for Syria" with James Jeffrey and Sir David Logan

During much of the past 4 years, the US-Turkey relations remained strained and tense due to a number of policy disagreements. The relations were severely tested by Turkey’s purchase of Russian S400 air defence system, the detention of US pastor Andrew Branson and Turkish operation in Syria in October 2019 against the US-allied Kurdish forces. While the Trump administration managed the tensions to keep the relationship afloat, disagreements, especially on how to respond to the Syrian crisis, are expected to resurface under the Biden administration. In this meeting, James Jeffrey, former United States Ambassador to Turkey (2008-2010) and former United States Special Representative for Syria Engagement, will discuss how the Biden administration might engage with Turkey and how might the US-Turkish relations evolve in the next four years. The meeting will be chaired by Sir David Logan, former British Ambassador to Turkey (1997-2001).